President Zelensky imposes sanctions against the Russian IT sector

Ukraine’s President Zelensky and the country’s Council of National Security introduced new sanctions against individuals and businesses.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country’s Council of National Security introduced new sanctions against 351 Russian individuals and 241 business entities.

The list of sanctioned entities comprises IT companies operating within the Russian Federation, notably Gazpromneft IT Solutions, RT-Invest Transport Systems, InnoTech, Softline Trade, Zericoder, Geekbrains and other organizations affiliated with the Russian government.

The roster of companies that have also recently faced sanctions encompasses Global Invest, Studio Soyuz, Group-IB and its affiliated entities, such as Group-IB Global Private Limited, headquartered in Singapore, along with various Russian organizations like the National Informatization Center (NIC), Technolink, renowned domain registrar REG.ru, and several other IT companies originating from Russia.

These restrictions applied via the sanctions are to block assets, termination of trading operations, annulment of licenses, as well as to ban the conclusion of contracts and transactions with these companies.

Sources:

https://www.president.gov.ua/storage/j-files-storage/01/04/33/1b6b0103d46df0fe7e408e53e8655fc1_1635839034.doc

https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/2272023-46525

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Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.